Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas,...

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas,...

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.